"Happy Birthday Jesus" Party

Will had his Christmas Party at school this past Thursday where they celebrated Jesus' Birthday. I thought it was really great that his teachers had them focusing on what Christmas is really about. They made a manger for "Baby Jesus" and sang Happy Birthday to him. It was so sweet!! I've said it before, but I love Wynnbrook and his teachers are just wonderful!

Will and his "best buddy" Cullen

Thanks Mrs. Stone for the sword!!!

I think Will must have won....

Friday night we went to The Landings shopping center to see Santa. I was so excited when Will walked right up to Santa, sat in his lap, and gave him a big hug. This is the first picture I have of Will with Santa. I didn't get one of him when he was a baby and the last two years he screamed and would not go near him. Santa asked him what Caroline wanted and he told him all she needed were diapers, that she was too little for toys. I told him I thought Santa could handle that!

After seeing Santa we treated ourselves to Fudrucker's for a big fat cheeseburger and a very YUMMY milkshake.

Then to end the night we went on a Horse Carriage Ride, this was the only picture I have of that.

Nana and Papa come to town...

Last weekend Nana and Papa came for a visit. Will loves it when they come, not only that he's loves to see them, but they just can't come without bringing all of us lots of goodies. This time Will got some hunting clothes and hat, some ornaments for his tree, and a guitar---which was a special toy that Papa got him for doing his job (which I won't talk about on this:) But, most of you know what it was!! Caroline got some ornaments and of course a new outfit. Jared and I both got some new ornaments, some Christmas dish towels, and decorations. Thanks Nana for EVERYTHING you get us!!

Excuse the mess in the background!!

Now all he needs is a gun instead of the big pen!

Where do I begin???

Well, since it's been a few weeks since my last post it may be a long one....you can quit reading if you get bored. I just want to have it for myself to remember!!

We had a wonderful, busy Thanksgiving. It seems that holidays just go by so fast, sometimes too fast to really enjoy them. Somehow I didn't manage to get any pictures Thanksgiving Day at my parents house, we enjoyed it with my Aunt and Uncle and cousins that we don't get to see to often. Caroline and Claire (my niece) were in their matching Thanksgiving outfits, but I don't have a picture to share. Friday we ate another great meal at Jared's mom's and dinner at his dad's that night.

Caroline and "Cousin Dean"

Saturday morning, after two days of Thanksgiving I had an appointment to get pictures made. I had a "great idea" to ask two of my sister-n-laws to bring their kids so we could get a picture of all of the grand kids for my mom. Not such a great idea for a one month old, three month old, 1 year old, and a three 1/2 year old. Needless to say we won't be getting any of those pictures. Caroline was not to happy after taking pictures for 45 minutes before they got there. I didn't even end up getting a Christmas picture of Will and Caroline. Oh well, we did get lots of others that were good!!

"Dress Rehearsal" for pictures

When we got back from Dothan I couldn't wait to get my Christmas stuff out. I think I was more excited than Will. Our little elf friend "Jack" came out too. Once again....I think I'm more excited than Will. We wanted to go to a tree farm and cut down a tree, but I just decided to put up our ugly artificial tree again for the last time. Since we are still in an apartment it was just easier!! Caroline loves it the most I think, she just stares at the lights. Will did have fun decorating the tree!! Last Saturday I spent most of the day trying to get a Christmas card picture that my sister-n-law Sydney just made for me. Can't wait to send them out!! By the end of their photo shoot this is what they looked like....It's hard trying to get a good one of both of them.

Sunday Jared's mom came because he had knee surgery on Monday. He had a cyst on his knee and they had to go in and remove it. They had to end up doing more than they thought they would. He went back to work today, but probably should have stayed home one more day. Will is also sick with a fever and real bad cough, so no school for him this week :( Hopefully Caroline won't get what he has, but he just can't keep his hands off of her. He's just so sweet, this is how I found them this morning. He even shared his "mimi" (blanket) with her, said she was cold.

My sweet, sick little boy....

Oh...and Caroline's decided she doesn't want to sleep through the night anymore. The past four nights she's woken up twice a night and once last night. So between that, Will being sick and sleeping in the bed with me the past couple of nights and Jared's surgery, I'm feeling a little sleep deprived today. Thankfully when I got on the computer this morning I read my friend Lindsay's blog and saw her post http://silviofamily.blogspot.com/2008/12/choose-joy.html. So, I am going to choose to be happy and joyful today and be thankful for the two sweet children I have, even if they are waking me up all night:)